Peter DeFazio

Peter DeFazio (27 May 1947-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-OR 4) from 3 January 1987, succeeding Jim Weaver.

Biography
Peter DeFazio was born in Needham, Massachusetts in 1947, and he served in the US Air Force from 1967 to 1971. He worked as a gerontologist and as a political aide; from 1983 to 1986, he served as a Lane County Commissioner in Oregon. In 1986, he was elected to succeed his patron Jim Weaver in the US Congress, and he was a member of the Progressive Democrats.